Development of Unified Terminological System Based on UMLS: Experience and Perspectives.

This article presents experience in construction the National Unified Terminological System (NUTS) with an ontological structure based on international Unified Medical Language System (UMLS). UMLS has been adapted and enriched with formulations from national directories, relationships, extracted from the texts of scientific articles and electronic health records, and weight coefficients.

Assimilation Results Comparison of Educational Material by Senior Students of a Medical University in Distance and Face-to-Face Form Education.

Despite the fact that many researchers and teachers reported that distance education can be equated with traditional face-to-face form education, the question of analyzing the quality of knowledge gained in distance education is open. This study was conducted on the basis of the Department of Medical Cybernetics and Informatics named after S.A.

Digital Tools in UMLS Metathesaurus Knowledge Processing.

Clinical search engines development is actual task for medical informatics. The main issue in this area is to implement high-quality unstructured texts processing. Ontological interdisciplinary metathesaurus UMLS can be used to solve this problem.

Prototype Expert System for Gout Diagnosis on an Outpatient Basis.

Gout is a systemic disease that is caused by the deposition of monosodium urate crystals in various tissues which leads to inflammation in them. This disease is often misdiagnosed. It leads to the lack of adequate medical care and development of serious complications, such as urate nephropathy and disability.

Assessment of the Prognostic Accuracy of Scores in Different Ways on the Example of Assessing the Validity of the Prognostic Model ISS-RTS-TRISS.

The aim of the present study was a comparison of prognostic accuracy assessment results for scores in different ways on the example of validity analysis of the prognostic model ISS-RTS-TRISS for assessing the severity of the condition in children with trauma. The prospective study was conducted using clinical and physiological data collected at the admission and during the first 24 hours of hospitalization from 414 children with trauma. We had three groups of patients, common group children with traumatic brain injuries, and two groups of patients were divided into the two following ways: 141 (34%) patients with isolated traumatic brain injuries and 273 (66%) patients with combined injuries with traumatic brain injuries The validity and prognostic accuracy of prognostic scores were assessed by determining there discrimination and calibration ability.

Ontologic Model of Diagnostics and Treatment of Gastrointestinal Bleedings of Unknown Origin.

The article presents the semantic model of diagnostics and treatment of patients with gastrointestinal bleedings when the reasons of bleeding cannot be establihed by means of a laboratory tests, endoscopy and colonoscopy.

[The Medical Informatics in Health Care of Russia].

The article considers medical informatics in relationship with medical cybernetics. The necessity of its development as an independent scientific discipline is emphasized. The input into development of public organizations is evaluated.

A Medical Decisions Support System in Diagnosis of the Jejunum and Ileum Neoplastic Diseases (Tumors) Based on Video Capsule Endoscopy.

Search of tumors in video capsule endoscopy (VCE) record in some cases presents significant difficulties even for experienced specialist. We made an attempt to develop rules supporting clinical decision for processing of VCE images. An algorithm for assessment of neoplastic diseases of the jejunum and ileum on the basis of VCE to support tactical decision-making of doctors was conducted.

Estimation of the Accuracy of Prognostic Scores for the Treatment of Children with Severe Trauma in a Specialized Trauma Hospital.

The aim of the present work was to study the validity and prognostic accuracy of scores for assessing the severity of the condition in children with severe trauma, located in the Department of Anesthesiology and Resuscitation in the Clinical and Research Institute of Urgent Pediatric Surgery and Trauma. The prospective study was conducted using clinical and physiological data collected at the admission and during the first 24 hours of hospitalization from 474 patients. The validity and prognostic accuracy of prognostic scores were assessed by determining their discrimination and calibration ability.

Identifying Patients with Colon Neoplasias with Gas Discharge Visualization Technique.

Objective: To perform an initial assessment of the potential of using the gas discharge visualization (GDV) technique to identify patients with colon neoplasias.

Methods: The GDV camera (also known as the electrophotonic imaging camera) was used to assess the participants. Colonoscopy was performed on all 78 participants, followed by a GDV scan.

Knowledge Management within the Medical University.

The aim of the work is studying the possibilities of ontological engineering in managing of medical knowledge. And also practical implementation of knowledge management system (KMS) in medical university. The educational process model is established that allows analyzing learning results within time scale.

Experience of development of the national surgical interventions coding system in Russia.

The paper discusses development issues of surgical procedures coding systems for use at the national and international levels within the health information systems. The work was carried out using the Russian and foreign experiences, including international standard ISO/FDIS 1828:2012. The development system structure contains basic categories of medical entities (axes): surgical deed and surgical subdeed, objects, site and interventional equipment.

An abridged history of medical informatics education in europe.

This contribution presents the development of medical informatics education in Europe. It does not discuss all developments that took place. Rather it discerns several themes that indicate the progress in the field, starting from the initiation phase to the final quality control phase.

Teaching the "Medical Informatics" course in higher professional medical education of the Russian Federation.

The paper discusses methodological and organizational problems of teaching the "Medical Informatics" course in institutions of higher education of the Russian Federation.

Prognostic scales ISS-RTS-TRISS, PRISM, APACHE II and PTS in decision support of treatment children with severe mechanical trauma.

The aim of the present study is to assess a possibility and validity of prognostic scales ISS-RTS-TRISS, PRISM, APACHE II and PTS to be used for the automated calculation in decision support when treating children with severe mechanical traumas. The mentioned scales are used in the Hospital Information System (HIS) MEDIALOG. The retrospective study was conducted using clinical and physiological data collected at the admission and during the first 24 hours of hospitalization in 166 patients.

Nature of DNA-bound fatty acids in Pseudomonas aurantiaca.

The existence of Pseudomonas aurantiaca DNA-bound fatty acids and lipids is presented in this work. The isolation of DNA was carried out by two different procedures, namely, phenol and detergent-based phenol isolation in order to prove the presence of DNA-bound lipids. The lipid content of DNA is expressed in terms of fatty acid profile.

[Automatic monitoring of the myoelectric activity of the small intestine in peritonitis].

To monitor small intestinal myoelectrical activity in patients with peritonitis, the authors used direct electromyography. While processing the electromyograms, they calculated the frequency and amplitude of complexes, the standard deviation of complex duration, the amplitude of spike potentials and spike activity. Data on 41 patients were analyzed by using statistical methods.

[Diagnosis of the stage of adult respiratory distress syndrome in patients with peritonitis].

The respiratory function of the lungs was examined in 68 patients with diffuse peritonitis of different origin in the early postoperative period by laboratory, instrumental, and statistical methods and assessed by expert evaluation. The training sampling included 275 cases expertly classified as follows: health, stage I respiratory distress syndrome of adults (RDSAI), RDSAII, RDSAIII, and RDSAIV. Discriminant analysis was carried out fir the first four classes of patients.

[A system of patient monitoring at intensive gastrointestinal care units].

The system is designed for the long-term monitoring of critical patients with acute abdominal abnormalities at the intensive care and resuscitation units. It ensures input and long-term storage of history, anthropometric, and clinical data and laboratory and instrumental findings. The system allows a physician to have both primary information on the patient and results from examinations of the patient's circulation, respiration, and acid-base balance.

[Prognosis and daily evaluation of changes in the condition of patients with peritonitis].

The authors examined 159 patients with peritonitis (87 with the generalized form and 72 patients with the diffuse form) and conducted a statistical analysis of the findings. Quantitative and some qualitative parameters of the patients were studied. The Student and Wilcoxon criteria and the correlation and discriminant analysis were used in construction of the determinative rules.